Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
This House of Lords Library Briefing provides information ahead of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
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Briefing
The UNESCO International Day is held on 23 August to mark the beginning of the uprising of slaves in Santo Domingo (today Haiti and the Dominican Republic) on the night of 22-23 August 1791. This briefing focuses on the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition in Britain and its colonies.
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